Re: New Linux user

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

kotsya@u.washington.edu (David Stern) writes:

> Your cdrom may also need to be set for the position on the cable 
> (master or slave), so read your cdrom manual or look at the switches or 
> jumpers on it if they exist.  Anways, when you're done with all that, 
> see if the install program finds your cdrom.

You can check to see what's been found with "dmesg | more".  From the
rescue disk, type Alt-F2 and use that console.  Look for something like:

    hdc: FX600T, ATAPI CDROM drive

The I can use /dev/hdc, in this case.

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